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A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life

19 points| gleb | 3 years ago |wsj.com

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gnicholas|3 years ago

> Using a remarkably low-tech trick, thieves watch iPhone owners tap their passcodes, then steal their targets’ phones—and their digital lives.

Ever since TouchID was introduced, I rarely type my passcode (and never in public). How are thieves finding people who need to enter their passcode, and then watching them enter it?

nailer|3 years ago

Cinemas and planes?

sitzkrieg|3 years ago

let alone faceid!